Declan vs Sam

AUS AUS · Open Men · 3 results

Declan McShane

1:08:35 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
239th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Sam Sykes

1:15:39 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
722nd of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Declan: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Sam: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
DeclanSamedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Declan and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Declan: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 55%).Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 49%).

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Part Declan: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 75% 49%
Push 55% 73%
Pull 89% 85%
BBJ 76% 87%
Row 72% 68%
Carry 57% 59%
Lunges 99% 82%
Wall balls 70% 52%
Roxzone 88% 60%
Runs 89% 72%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Declan Sam
SkiErg 75% 49%
Sled push 55% 73%
Sled pull 89% 85%
Burpee broad jump 76% 87%
Row 72% 68%
Farmers carry 57% 59%
Sandbag lunges 99% 82%
Wall balls 70% 52%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 60%
Runs (8 km) 89% 72%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Declan · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:08:35
3:344:103:382:163:533:373:554:274:034:293:542:053:573:075:235:276:48
Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:15:39
2:404:284:322:194:323:514:313:544:374:374:302:004:364:125:206:278:41
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Declan · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 32:17 running, 29:38 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:27).Below, Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 35:18 running, 31:49 at the stations and 8:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).

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Part Declan · Sydney 2025 · Open Men Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:34 2:40
SkiErg 4:10 4:28
Run 2 3:38 4:32
Sled push 2:16 2:19
Run 3 3:53 4:32
Sled pull 3:37 3:51
Run 4 3:55 4:31
Burpee broad jump 4:27 3:54
Run 5 4:03 4:37
Row 4:29 4:37
Run 6 3:54 4:30
Farmers carry 2:05 2:00
Run 7 3:57 4:36
Sandbag lunges 3:07 4:12
Run 8 5:23 5:20
Wall balls 5:27 6:27
Roxzone 6:48 8:41
Finish 1:08:35 1:15:39

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Declan Sam Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:15:39 1:15:39 level
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